Shirt measuring



(No Model.)

J. F. PRIZGINT.

SHIRT MEASURING APPLIANGE. No. 438,178. Patented Oct. 14,1890.

Nrrnn TATES JOSEPH F. PRIZGINT, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

SHIRT-MEASURING APPLIANCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 438,178, dated October14, 1890. Application filed March 27, 1890- Serial No. 345, 469- (Nomodel.)

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH F. PRIZGINT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Shirt-Measuring Appliance, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to enable shirt-makers to make shirtsaccurately fit the neck and shoulders of the wearer. The contours ofdifferent necks are different, and two necks of the same circumferencemay be of such different contours that a shirt fittingone would be amisfit for the other, thereby causing thebosom, neckband, and collar tocrumple or cramp. I avoid this difliculty by my device, whereby I amenabled to transfer to the pattern the contour of the neck as well asthe circumference, and to enable the shirtmaker to make the shirtexactly fit the neck and shoulders of the person measured, giving a low,high, or medium cut, as may be desired.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure 1 is a View of my appliance spread out flat in position formarking the pattern, the appliance being adj usted for a small neck.Fig. 2is a perspective view of one of the front adjustable slidesdetached. A fragment at one side shows the pinion that operates theslide. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the rear adjustable slidesdetached. Fig. 4 is a View of one of the shoulder-clamps detached.

A B C are three shields made of flexible rubber, cloth, or othersuitable material. The main shield A is designed to be laid upon thebreast, while the shields B and O are placed upon the back of thepersonbeing measured. The shields are approximately sector-shaped, and B and Oare respectively pivoted by one inner corner to the inner corners ofshield A by pivots D, which may be eyelets or rivets or other suitabledevices. The shield A may be formed of one piece, as shown,corresponding to the bosom of the shirt, or itmay be formed of two ormore sector-shaped pieces. B and C may also be formed of two or morepieces, but I deem the form shown sufficient for the purpose set forth.

Around the inner arc of the sector-shields I arrange a series of radialslidesE F, having end pieces G H correspondingin width to the neckband.The end pieces G of the front radial slides E are fixed approximately atright angles to the slide, while the end pieces H of the rear slides Fare hinged to their slides so that they can be extended in line with theslide or'may be turned at right angles therewith. The slides arepreferably provided with suitable mechanism for operating the slides,as, for example, the rack I and pinion J shown in Fig. 2; but a simplefric tion-slidemaybe used, if desired, to avoid cost. Clamps K K areprovided at the outer corners of A to receive the edges of sectors B andC to clamp the sectors andhold them in the position desired, and a scaleL is provided to gage the position of the edge of the sector as it ismoved back and forth in being adjusted to fit the person measured.

In practice the front shield A is placed upon the breast of the personbeing measured and the appliance is placed about the neck, the rearsectors B 0 being adjusted to the back, clamps K being opened to allowthe edges of the shields to move upon each other. When adjusted to fitthe person, the shields B (J are secured together by the buttons 1) orother suitable means, and lower ends of the shields are secured tothe,body by the belt or waistband M, which is passed through loops N.This band is preferably marked to a scale so that it will also serve togive the measure of the chest. The several slides E and F are nowadjusted so that their end pieces relatively assume the position of theneckband.

To accomplish this it is necessary that the rear end pieces be extendedin line with the body of the slide, as shown in Fig. 3, because the rearof a neckband is virtually an upward extension of the back of the shirtand is approximately in line with the back of the shirt. This is not thecase, however, with the end pieces of the front and side slides, becausethe front portion of the neckband of a shirt is at an angle wit-h thebosom of the shirt. When the slides are set to the desired point, so asto outline the form and position desired for the neckband, the applianceis removed and is thenspread out fiat upon the material from which thepatternistobe cut. The hinged end pieces of the rear slides are thenfolded back until the end of the slide is exposed, so that in markingthe pattern the pencil can be drawn across the ends of the slides, thussecuring the contour of the neck-hole.

P P are holesin the rear yoke.

Q Q are slides to extend over the sides of the shields to the point ofthe shoulders.

The several slides and clamps are marked to a scale, so that by notingthe numbers at which the several slides and clamps are set the appliancecan again be readily set to the same pattern.

Other means for securing the corners and edges of the sector-shieldstogether will suggestthemselves, and I do not wish to be limited tothose shown.

1 R R are buttons on the end pieces of the mid front and back slides toattach a collar when the appliance is in position for securing thecontour of the neck. This enables the shirt-maker to determine how thecollar will set when the shirt is made.

Now, having described my invention, what 'I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Let-

